Cooking utensil handle



M r 7, 1933; R. N. KIRCHER COOKING UTENSIL HANDLE Filed Jan.- 25, 1930 INVEN TOR. Ralph N. Ki rcher ATTORN- Patented Mar. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES 01' WEST BEND, WISCONSIN, ASBIGNOB 1'0 wns'r BEND column, or was-r mun, WISCONSIN, a coarolwrroir or wrsoons'm cooxnwa omen. mam

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My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of the means employed for attaching radial handles to cooking utensils,

of which a frying pan has been selected as an 5 illustration.

The object of the invention is to construct a wooden handle and attach it to the utensil in such manner that the connection between the two will be a permanent one, and not be subject to the usual charring of the handle which follows the radiation of heat throliill the metal connections throu h which e handle is attached to the utensfi.

further object of the invention is to so connect the handle to the utensil that relativerotation of the utensil and the handle willbe revented.

It is 'ghly desirable that wooden handles be used for utensils of this class, inasmuch as the insulating properties possessed by wooden handles enables the utensil to be shifted by hand without discomfort. In structures of this kind heretofore used, the handle be? comes loose with the charring' of the wooden parts in contact with the metal, and the stable character of the connection of the handle with the utensil is destroyed. And when the han-' dle becomes loose, the rigidi of the connection is destroyed, and it is d' cult to revent the utensil from turning in the ban e and spilling its contents. r Y

My invention has been especially designed with a v ew .to overcoming the obfictions inboring to the formerstructure. securing these results, I rovide a plate for attachment to the outer si e of the utensil, and provide such late with an outward extension arranged radially with to the utensil and formed at its end wit a'socket in which is entered the inner end of the wooden handle. A shaft is secured at one end centrally of the socketed extension, and the wooden handle is bored to receive the projecting portion of the said shaft. Acap is a plied tothe outer end of the cap handle, an is retained in position by; a screw passing through a perforation in the said cap and ha a threaded end which enters a threaded bore 1n theouter end of the shaft. The screw acts with a clamp' eifect 60 to hold the partsin a position of 13*.

The plate 11 is provided with a radial exten- In order to overcome the tendency of the vessel to rotate with respect to the handle in the event that the connection between the handle'and the vessel becomes loose from any cause, I make the shaft of polygonal cross section, and form in the wooden handle a bore of like cross sectional contour, so that relativerotation of the arts is restrained at all p times in the use of t e cooking utensil.

Having thus outlined the nature and purposes of my invention, I will now proceedto describe the same specifically, and will point out the novelty thereof in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing;

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through 66 a portion of a frying an and a handle apphed thereto in acco ance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transver sectional view through the handle and the haft u on which it is 70 I mounted, the view being t en on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and showing the plate in elevation. a

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fi 1, showing a modification of the manner 0 securing the 76 shaft in the socketed extension of the attachin plate; and

ig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the handle shown in Fig. 1, detached, the handle be provided with a heat resisting ferrule wli i fii is adapted tobe entered in the socketed'extension o the attaching plate.

In the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates a cooking utensil, that shown being in the form of a frying pan. A plate 11, shown as triangular, but which ma be of any desired contour, is attached to t e wall of the pan at one side by rivets 12, passed through perforations in the plate 11 and wall of the pan.

sion 13, which 1s bored centrally and has a socket at its outer end. The bore in the extension 13 is squared, to receive the inner end of a'squared shaft 14, and the said bore is enlarged at the end adjacent the wall of the pan, so as to provide alflare. llhe end of the shaft 14 is upset,as at 15, to fill the flared opening and prevent withdrawal of the shaft. Movement in the contrary direction is. re-

sisted by the upset end of the shaft abutting A tension 13, and thus the shaft is secured against rotation.

A- socket 16 is formed at the outer end of the extension 13, for the entrance therein of the reduced end 17 of a wooden handle 18, the latter being provided with .a squared, lon

tudinal, central perforation, produced by t e use of a broaching tool having the dimensions of the squared shaft 14. In'this manner, a long bearing between the shaft and the handle is produced, whereby rotation of the shaft in the handle and consequent turning of the frying pan, is .prevented. In the construction shown, the outer end of the shaft 14 is provided with a threaded axial bore, which is entered by the threaded end of a screw or bolt 19 passed through the central perforation in a dished metal cap 20. The screw or bolt 19 may be formed as a screw eye, by means of which the frying pan may be suspended when the utensil is not in use.

The heat transmitted from the pan 10 to the extension 13 is quickly radiated, aridinasmuch as'the contact of the reduced end of the wooden handle with the metal is at some distance from the part of the pan to which the flame is applied, there is little or no liability that the reduced end of the handle will' be charred by the heat. But even if there shouldoccur a looseness in the connection which would permit longitudinal movement of the handle, the slack can be taken up, and the connection again made rigid, by turning up the screw or bolt 19.

The anchoring of the squared shaft in the extension 13, insures the retention of the shaft in a fixed position, and the formation of a squared hole in the handle 18- revents the rotation of the latter, thus enab ing the frying pan to be maintained always on a level larged ribs 21 formed thereabout. In casting and without danger of spilling its contents. In Fig. 2 the handle 18 is shown as of olygonal cross section, this being the most esir- V able form of its embodimen The construction shown in Fig. 3 differs from that of Fig. 1 only in the manner in which the inner end of the uared shaft'is secured in the extension 13 o the plate 11. In the said Fig. 3, the end of the shaft 14 is shown as of rregular diameter, with ensens the liability of the reduced end of the.

handle to become charred at the point of its connection with the frying pan.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters'Patent of the United States, is:

A cooking utensil handle of. insulating material provided with a squared bore, combined with means for connecting the handle to the utensil, the said means comprising a plateadapted to be secured u on the utensil and having a radially exten ing rojection provided with a squared longitudinal bore with a flare at its inner end and a socket at its outer end, a squared shaft anchored in the said bore and extending outwardly of the socket, and having its inner end ex anded to fill the flareand revent withdrawa of the shaft, the said handle arranged u on the said shaft and having one end entere in the said socket, and means engaged with the shaft for securing the handle upon the shaft.

In testimon whereof I have si ed my name at West end, this 31st day 0 December, 1929.,

. RALPH N. KIRGHER.-

the plate 11 and the extension 13 to produce the structure shown in Fig. 3, the enlarged end of the shaft 21 is placed in the mold, and when the casting metal is poured therein the ribs 21 on the shaft 13 are firmly embedded in the casting, so that the shaft 14 can neither be rotated nor moved'longitudinally.

In Fig. 4, I have provided the reduced end i of the insulating wooden handle 18 with a ferrule 22, which fits tightly, and preferabl is of some metal which will retard the ra iation of heat. This construction les-' 

